It isn’t that I intentionally tune him out, but looking back I admit to occasionally avoiding yet another question, request or debate.
Today we were sitting quietly together and Rhett looked and me and said, Mommy, did you hear what word I said?
I hadn’t heard what he said, but had seen him mouth a word in a whisper. Â I replied that he had said MOMMY.
Mommy, how did you know?
I just know.
No, HOW did you know?
I just know.
He thought for a minute and tried again. Â His little lips only moved a tiny bit, and just a breath of sound escaped him.
Mommy, what did I say THAT time?
Mommy.
MOMMY, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I just knew.
But I said it so quietly you couldn’t hear it.
I just knew.
He sat back with a puzzled expression on his face and with determination he decided he would try it one more time. Â This time his lips didn’t move at all and he was completely silent. Â The only clue that I had that he had “said” another word was his heading nodding up then down for emphasis.
Mommy, what did I say then?
Mommy.
He looked at me stunned. Â He believed I had just read his mind.
Mommy, how do you do that?
I laughed and said, You start ALL your sentences with the word MOMMY so it was a lucky guess.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I hadn’t realized that until I said it. Â I hear the word mommy come out of his mouth more often than anything else.
Rhett (of course) disagreed, Â Mommy, I DO NOT!
See you just did!
Mommy, I don’t do…
You did it again!
Mommmmm…..
Yep! Â Again!
By this time we were laughing so hard that he couldn’t even form the beginnings of an “M”. Â He recovered a bit and tried to speak, Â Mommy, I ….and then started uncontrollably giggling over the truth.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I can’t even put into words what that revelation does to my heart.
He starts all his sentences with mommy…Rhett(4) complains that sometimes I don’t answer him when he calls for me.
It isn’t that I intentionally tune him out, but looking back I admit to occasionally avoiding yet another question, request or debate.
Today we were sitting quietly together and Rhett looked and me and said, Mommy, did you hear what word I said?
I hadn’t heard what he said, but had seen him mouth a word in a whisper. Â I replied that he had said MOMMY.
Mommy, how did you know?
I just know.
No, HOW did you know?
I just know.
He thought for a minute and tried again. Â His little lips only moved a tiny bit, and just a breath of sound escaped him.
Mommy, what did I say THAT time?
Mommy.
MOMMY, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I just knew.
But I said it so quietly you couldn’t hear it.
I just knew.
He sat back with a puzzled expression on his face and with determination he decided he would try it one more time. Â This time his lips didn’t move at all and he was completely silent. Â The only clue that I had that he had “said” another word was his heading nodding up then down for emphasis.
Mommy, what did I say then?
Mommy.
He looked at me stunned. Â He believed I had just read his mind.
Mommy, how do you do that?
I laughed and said, You start ALL your sentences with the word MOMMY so it was a lucky guess.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I hadn’t realized that until I said it. Â I hear the word mommy come out of his mouth more often than anything else.
Rhett (of course) disagreed, Â Mommy, I DO NOT!
See you just did!
Mommy, I don’t do…
You did it again!
Mommmmm…..
Yep! Â Again!
By this time we were laughing so hard that he couldn’t even form the beginnings of an “M”. Â He recovered a bit and tried to speak, Â Mommy, I ….and then started uncontrollably giggling over the truth.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I can’t even put into words what that revelation does to my heart.
He starts all his sentences with mommy…
It isn’t that I intentionally tune him out, but looking back I admit to occasionally avoiding yet another question, request or debate.
Today we were sitting quietly together and Rhett looked and me and said, Mommy, did you hear what word I said?
I hadn’t heard what he said, but had seen him mouth a word in a whisper. Â I replied that he had said MOMMY.
Mommy, how did you know?
I just know.
No, HOW did you know?
I just know.
He thought for a minute and tried again. Â His little lips only moved a tiny bit, and just a breath of sound escaped him.
Mommy, what did I say THAT time?
Mommy.
MOMMY, HOW DID YOU KNOW?
I just knew.
But I said it so quietly you couldn’t hear it.
I just knew.
He sat back with a puzzled expression on his face and with determination he decided he would try it one more time. Â This time his lips didn’t move at all and he was completely silent. Â The only clue that I had that he had “said” another word was his heading nodding up then down for emphasis.
Mommy, what did I say then?
Mommy.
He looked at me stunned. Â He believed I had just read his mind.
Mommy, how do you do that?
I laughed and said, You start ALL your sentences with the word MOMMY so it was a lucky guess.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I hadn’t realized that until I said it. Â I hear the word mommy come out of his mouth more often than anything else.
Rhett (of course) disagreed, Â Mommy, I DO NOT!
See you just did!
Mommy, I don’t do…
You did it again!
Mommmmm…..
Yep! Â Again!
By this time we were laughing so hard that he couldn’t even form the beginnings of an “M”. Â He recovered a bit and tried to speak, Â Mommy, I ….and then started uncontrollably giggling over the truth.
He starts all his sentences with mommy.
I can’t even put into words what that revelation does to my heart.
He starts all his sentences with mommy…
I can relate! When my kids wonder “how do you know” I always tell them “mommy knows things”. Now they answer their own wonderment with “Oh yeah. Mommy knows things.”
Thanks for sharing!
That is beautiful. And just made me appreciate all the “Mommy” comments I hear a little bit more.
Thanks for reminding me that we are blessed to hear it, whether it’s via mental telepathy or actual sounds.
That mind reading trick is seriously going to come in handy during the teenage years.
My 2 year old ends all his sentences with MAMA (but he draaaaaaaws it out) and sometimes it drives me a bit crazy, but I know I will miss it someday.
tears to my eyes! How I miss being called “Mommy”…. enjoy it while it lasts. 🙂
Now I’m gonna have to re-do my mascara. dang it.
That is really, truly, completely adorable.
Oh Holly. This is not even about my 4 year old and it makes my heart so happy.
They do start all of their sentences with Mommy. Thank you!
How sweet is that? So very.
Sometimes I just don’t want them to grow anymore and a moment like this would be one of those times…
I LOVE that! My 3-year old does the SAME thing… and I never really stopped and thought about it. She starts every sentence with Mommy. (Looooove.) I just got all Hallmark Card on my blog, too. Must be something in the air…